FOI 370-2025 / Mar 2025 / PPO
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 370-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 27th March 2025 as follows:
We previously sent you an FOI relating to the Police Protection power of Sec 46 of the Children's Act 1989, 'where a Police Officer has reasonable grounds to believe a child is likely to suffer significant harm, they may remove the child to suitable accommodation' that we have not yet received a response to. From correspondences with other forces, we understand that question 2 and 3 specifically may require a lot of manual review that may exceed the appropriate limit of cost.
We would therefore be extremely grateful if you might be able to provide a response solely to question 1 if this is possible.
Q1. From 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 - How many instances have there been of a child being taken into Police Protection in your force?
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below. When reviewing the information please note that it was obtained by searching the system for all investigations with a primary classification of non-crime ‘Child – Police Protection Investigation’, recorded during 2024.
Response: 101
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible. However, it is important to note that the data is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and therefore care should be taken to ensure data collection processes, and their inevitable limitations, are considered when interpreting the data.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB